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Armstrong, Robert J

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FIDEFIDE 2605791· Male· Canada· Born in 1945

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Robert J Armstrong, a 81-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1471. He has slipped back 49 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 SCC & Chess4win March Break Open U1900, 2025 Holidays Open - U1800, and 2025 SCC Jack Frost. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2026 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship U1800) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2014–2015) and 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1617 was reached at age 71 (Nov 2016).

Current rating

1471

Standard

Rpd1711·Blz1595

All-time high

1617

−146 pts below
Nov 2016 · age 71

Activity

31

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#195,401

#195,401 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

21 entries
2026
4th Canadian 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1471
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 80
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 80
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+199 Elo)
1417 → 1616
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 79
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 79
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss
perf 1574 (+102) · 2/5 · #28
Top opponent
vs Cadiron Varakunan 1,777
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss · Oct 2025 · +7.1 Elo
Evolution
-4
1475 → 1471
Tournaments
9
48 games
Score
16.5/ 4834.4%
12W9D27L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJasper Yunjie Jia1,498·2025 Toronto Open U1900·R1·-10.2
2.[L]vsJoshua Bakradze1,470·2025 Holidays Open - U1800·R4·-10.1
3.[L]vsNiam Moses1,498·2025 Holidays Open - U1800·R3·-9.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 SCC & Chess4win March Break Open U1900
Open Swiss
Mar 20262/4#341622+17.6
2025 Holidays Open - U1800
Swiss
Dec 20251/4#431336-37.0
2025 SCC Jack Frost
Swiss
Dec 20250/3#37933-17.6
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss
Swiss
Oct 20252/5#281574+7.6
2025 SCC Howard Ridout Swiss
Open Swiss
Sep 20251.5/5#35—-4.4
Worst Elo result: 2025 Holidays Open - U1800 (-37.0 Elo, finished #43).

Rankings

/
Canada
#1,595
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#23,460
in continent
World
#195,296
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1595🇨🇦Armstrong, Robert J1,471
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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4
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5
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6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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5
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6
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7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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195296🇨🇦Armstrong, Robert J1,471